A MESSAGE FROM OUR NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF CHURCH ENGAGEMENT

Over the last few years, our team has had the immense pleasure of coming alongside to encourage, bless, and connect with church leaders from across Canada. Through strong and vibrant partnerships with key churches that run exceptional Alphas and share what they have experienced and learned, we have reached more communities by inspiring leaders to recapture the joy of evangelism and consider running Alpha in their context. These partnerships help extend our work at Alpha while celebrating the incredible work done by the local church in communities across our country.

We have been honoured to host 39 leaders in London, UK, to hear firsthand the impact that Alpha has had in the city, the nation, and internationally. In addition to regular online meetings, we have also been able to meet with leaders inperson in cities across Canada for moments of encounter and inspiration through several pastors’ retreats and large gatherings of senior church leadership.

Alpha’s willingness to turn the mic over to younger generations on its biggest platform was a moment I’ve told people about countless times this year. In the room, we saw now (not next!) generation leaders speaking with conviction and courage about the role of the church in Canada today. The humility, trust, and bravery shown by the Alpha team in that moment was incredibly inspirational and has pushed me to listen more, to invite younger voices to speak more, and to remember that God is still very much at work across our country.”

CHRIS VACHER, LIFE SHARED SUMMIT ATTENDEE

The work of the Holy Spirit continues to be seen as we witness leaders who are reenergized with a renewed passion for evangelism as they inspire their congregations to respond to Jesus’ call to share the hope of the gospel with their neighbours and friends. Our team is excited and hopeful as we look ahead to all God is doing in this nation through Alpha and the incredible work of the local Church.

We wrapped up our Life Shared Summit with an in-person Run Alpha training day. This gave those in attendance the opportunity to learn more about running a thriving Alpha, experience Alpha firsthand and connect with church leaders and administrators from across Canada.

RYAN MOFFAT, NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF CHURCH ENGAGEMENT

A Message From Our Chief Financial Officer And Chief Operating Officer

One of the 2022 ministry priorities was to support youth and their leaders. We focused on providing resources and training to help them share the gospel of Jesus. Over the last two years, youth ministries in Canada have struggled to navigate the changes in the world and the isolation youth faced. Alpha Canada launched the Life on Purpose resource as a re-engagement tool. It created cohorts of youth and youth leaders that journeyed together in a season of learning and encouragement. This was both supported centrally and through restricted program funding.

Our church engagement team focused on the acquisition and reacquisition of churches seeking new opportunities to share the gospel as churches returned to full ministry. This meant an increase in personnel, professional training, and system enhancements. We have invested in our partnerships with key churches across the nation that run Alpha well and want to share their leadership with others in their area, denomination or association. Alpha Canada held its 1st inperson event in two years in the fall of 2022. Life Shared Summit was a live gathering of churches from across Canada.

We were able to meet our fundraising goals through the faithful partnership of our donors, and we have increased the number of prayer partners covering the ministry before God. We have had a trend in the last three years, an average of 25% of annual giving coming in in the last 6 weeks of the year. This will need to be managed carefully for cash flow purposes. We are so thankful to God for everyone who runs Alpha, attends Alpha, gives to this work and prays for this ministry.

JANICE RYAN CFO/COO

Alpha Canada has an annual financial audit and risk assessment completed by the independent firm of MNP Ltd. We are also a member of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, where we maintain the standards of conduct and submit to their external review of our policies, practices and reporting annually. For information on our charitable status with the CRA, the T3010 report is accessible at the charity search site.

Everything we do at Alpha Canada is made possible by the generosity of hundreds of individuals, churches, foundations, and businesses that give their financial support. We are so grateful for all of you who have invested in sharing the gospel across our country.